Share Matching Plan - Purchase of shares

6 March 2014

 British Polythene Industries PLC

("the Company")

Share Matching Plan - Purchase and vesting of shares

The Company was informed on 5 March 2014 that the Trustees of the British Polythene Industries Employee Share Ownership Trust ("ESOT") had acquired 50,000 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("shares") at 660 pence per share. The shares acquired represent 0.185%% of the Company's share capital and were acquired for use under the Company's Share Matching Plan. 

Following this acquisition, the ESOT owns 990,383 shares representing 3.67% of the total voting rights and share capital of the Company. John Langlands and David Harris as executive directors of the Company and David Duthie, Andrew Green, Michael Huyghe and David Pendlebury as other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities, are beneficiaries of the Share Matching Plan and as such have an interest in the shares for the purposes of Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.

Hilary Kane

Company Secretary & Legal Counsel

01475 501055